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♥ LUSH Spoilers: Mothers Day 2019!

I feel like LUSH really outdone themselves last year with the Mothers Day collection, there were so many brand new inventions and gorgeous products that I really wish I had stocked up on, Mother of Pearl being the main one. This collection is looking just as brilliant, I'm excited already and Christmas hasn't even happened yet!

This year, the Mothers Day collection is being released on the 15th of February, the same date at the Easter release.

I'll warn you now, if you do not like having releases spoilt for you, do not continue reading this post!

Pictured - Incredible Mum bath bomb

Key ingredients - orange flower absolute, bergamot oil, ylang ylang oil

Pictured - Chamomile Flower bath bomb

Smells like Figs and Leaves!

Pictured - Iris Flower bath bomb

Pictured - More Tea and More Sympathy bath bomb

Key ingredients - bergamot, green tea absolute and neroli

Pictured - Strawberry Hill shower bomb

Key ingredients - soya milk powder and strawberry puree

Pictured - Butterfly bath bomb (pink and blue)

Key ingredients - lemon and rose oils

Other items that I don't have images for are:
Madame President bath bomb (grapefruit and petitgrain)

Chrysanthemum bath bomb

Jasmine Flower bath bomb
Marigold bath bomb

Girl Power bubble bar (Princess Bomb Bomb scented)

Hunny Bear massage bar (now vegan!)
Raspberry Milkshake soap

Mamma Mia shower scrub (bergamot, rosewood and vanilla absolute)
Butterfly bath bomb (red and yellow - Berry Berry Christmas scented)
Butterfly bath bomb (green and yellow - Dusk 'Til Dawn scented)

I'm so pleased that they've expanded this collection, the Mothers Day collection always seems to come and go with a few brilliant products but many that are forgotten about. I'm most excited to try the More Tea and More Sympathy bath bomb, it just looks so gorgeous! I also never had the chance to try the Tea and Sympathy bath bomb, which I'm going to take an educated guess that it shares the same scent. I'm also hoping that Strawberry Hill shower bomb is another American Cream scented product and if so, I'm ready for it!

Let me know down in the comments what you're looking forward to trying out! Make sure to mark the 15th of February in your calendar!

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♥ LUSH Valentines Day & Mothers Day Haul!

I really can't believe I missed uploading a blog post last week! I was so full of flu I barely left my bed and I had absolutely no energy to sit and take photos for a post, so I'm hitting you all with a double whammy today - two collection hauls! I have waited till the last minute to purchase the Valentines Day collection and I went to my local store on the release day to pick up some Mothers Day stuff. I'm quite pleased with some of the products from both the collections, so I wanted to share my thoughts so you can all go and stock up on some good Valentines Day stuff before it leaves and have a good idea on the Mothers Day products before you buy!

As I mentioned in my Valentines Day preview post, I am never overly fussed about the Valentines Day collection as much of the products are floral scented and that's not really my kind of thing. I much prefer fruity scents to floral, but I was actually surprised with some of the scents once I got my hands on the actual products. I always say that with LUSH, you can't always go by the description given on the website for the scent as you may conjure a scent in your head that the product smells nothing like - this has happened to me more than once!

Pictured - Heart of Enlightened Expectation bubble bar melt

I am genuinely quite surprised by how much I like this products, I don't love it, but I really don't hate it like I thought I would. Heart of Enlightened Expectation is definitely a floral scent, packed with jasmine, rose and geranium. I really tend to steer clear of geranium scents as they give me a headache, but luckily the jasmine in this product sweetens the overall scent, making it actually quite nice. This isn't the kind of scent I'd ask LUSH to make in different formats, but it's nice enough. Heart of Enlightened Expectation is also a very pretty product! I love how it looks like a biscuit and the gold lustre on the top finishes it off perfectly!

Pictured - Kiss Me Quick wash card

Believe it or not, this product is nothing like the Kiss Me Quick wash card that was released in 2017. I would have thought that this would have carried the same scent and the image had just changed, but no! In 2017, Kiss Me Quick had the 29 High Street fragrance, which is absolutely stunning! This year, Kiss Me Quick is a lot more robust in form, I can't see this one breaking as easy as the previous years, but also the scent is completely different! This is going to sound strange, but the scent is quite reminiscent of lipstick (?) as weird as that sounds! You can also definitely smell the mimosa in there, which I really like! The scent is like a lipstick mixed with a little bit of peach, and I love it! I would love to see bubble bars or a shower gel in this scent!

Pictured - Love Boat bath bomb

Love Boat is a product that I have used before, as I picked one up as soon as the Valentines Day products hit the store. I really like the scent of this product, which is exactly the same as the Mum bath bomb that was released for Mothers Day last year. It smells like Love Hearts sweets, a very sweet and sugary scent that will literally make your mouth water! Love Boat is also very pretty in the bath, the combination of pastel colours is just beautiful! I would definitely suggest picking up at least one of these to try it out!

Pictured - Rose Bombshell bath bomb

I really despise Rose Bombshell. Whoever said that this is the Rose Jam scent has lied. This bath bomb has a very artificial rose scent to me, and it gives me a headache. I won't even use this bath bomb so I'm going to gift it to a friend. The scent is just far too overpowering for me!

Pictured - Tender is the Night naked shower cream

As much as I really don't like the concept of the naked shower gels and creams, I was quite intrigued by this one. I really dislike that LUSH are bringing out new scents in this format, why can't we have them in liquid?! I really like this scent, like I really like it! As in if it was a liquid shower cream, I would have bought a 500g bottle! LUSH, you're loosing money here! Much like the massage bar with the same name, Tender is the Night has a really lovely soft gentle scent of jasmine and ylang ylang, which is not overly floral. It's very fresh and does kind of make me think of older ladies! You can also smell the shea butter in this product, which just adds a little bit of creaminess to the scent. I am a fan of the scent, but I am not a fan of the naked option. I understand where LUSH are going and where they want to be with the non packaging, but for someone like me who has 40+ bottles of shower gel and cream, having it in this format is just not an option to be honest.

Pictured - Tisty Tosty bath bomb

I actually can't believe that after discontinuing this bath bomb only last year, they have already brought it back for a collection. I understand why this bath bomb was discontinued, it had no colour and it's not a scent that kids would pick up. I do appreciate that LUSH have made it a bit more exciting by adding the pink, but it still doesn't make me want to use it. I really hate the rose buds inside of this bath bomb, having them floating around the tub creeps me out! However, I am happy that it came back for all the people who loved this bath bomb, but LUSH, can we have Frozen next please?!

Pictured - Tunnel of Love soap

I really don't buy soap that often, because I know for a fact it's going to sit in a drawer and never get used. I couldn't not pick up a chunk of Tunnel of Love once I heard it carried the scent of Never Mind the Ballistics bath bomb, and that it definitely does! I haven't tried this soap yet, but I for sure will as I want my body to smell like that scent, always! I also love how LUSH made this soap a little different, with the soft centre that is packed with coconut oil to make for a super moisturising wash!

Pictured - Unicorn Horn bubble bar

If you've been around LUSH for the past couple of years, you probably know of and have used a Unicorn Horn. Much mistaken for the Twilight scent, which it is not as Unicorn Horn does not have tonka as an ingredient which is a key element to the Twilight scent, Unicorn Horn does have a very in your face, strong but fresh lavender scent. This really is a beautiful product and will definitely help you to snooze of easier at night. Every year that Unicorn Horn has been released, it has been changed, and I know a lot of people love this years, but I really miss the baby blue that ran through it last year. This obviously doesn't affect the scent or the way the product works, but I do prefer the design of last years.

Pictured - Whole Lotta Love bubble bar

If you are gutted that Fizzbanger is no longer a main line product or you are a fan of the Love body spray or perfume, you need to get yourself this bubbleroon. This is the strongest scented Love product I have ever smelt and it's even stronger once it's in the bath tub. When I have a lot of LUSH around me, as I do right now, the one scent I can pick out from them all is Whole Lotta Love. The scent on this product is gorgeous and the bright fuchsia pink is also stunning!

Pictured - With Love gift set

Contains - Tender is the Night naked shower gel and Ro's Argan body conditioner

I purchased this gift set purely for Tender is the Night! A quick hack for you, to buy a bottle/chunk/whatever you want to call it, of Tender is the Night by itself, it's a whopping £14.50, but this gift set is only £12.95 and you get a small tub of Ro's Argan also! Yes, you are getting a bigger bottle when you buy it alone, but if you just want to try it and you're not sure whether you like it or not, I would definitely recommend this gift set!

Pictured - Love Hearts gift set

Contains - Rose Bombshell, Love Boat and Tisty Tosty bath bombs and Whole Lotta Love and Unicorn Horn bubble bars

I think that the Love Hearts gift set is the best of the bunch for Valentines Day. Not only do I love this box size and shape for storing my bubble bars in, this gift also has a really good selection of the products. The box is super cute and looks great on my shelf with all my other boxes in this style too!

The Mothers Day release has been quite controversial this year, with many people not liking the look of the products, complaining that there had been too much soap released and old products coming back but with new scents. I have picked the best of the bad bunch and I'm quite happy with what I have got!

Pictured - Baa Bar bubble bar

Quite possibly the most controversial product of this release is Baa Bar. Last year, this little sheep made it's first appearance and carried a very strong violet scent. For me, I disliked this product as I really don't like violet so I ended up selling on the two that I purchased. This year however, Baa Bar has made a comeback, but now has the infamous Twilight scent. Although I now appreciate this as it means I can use this bubble bar now, violet is a scent that LUSH are lacking in and there were many people who loved this bubble bar last year, that were disappointed by the scent change this year. LUSH, we have plenty of Twilight scented products now, and I know that Sleepy made the general public go insane and attracted a lot more business to you, but seriously?! We do not need anymore Twilight scented products, thank you very much.

Pictured - Citrus Are Doing it For Themselves bubbleroon

Just what everybody wanted, another citrus product! I actually really enjoy the scent of this bubbleroon! Citrus Are Doing it For Themselves has the exact same scent as Elsie the Giraffe from last year, a really zesty and tangy lemon scent. I really enjoy this scent, it pairs really nicely with any fruity cocktail and I can imagine that this will smell amazing in the water!

Pictured - Honey Bear massage bar

I am obsessed with how cute this little guy is! I initially thought that Honey Bear would be Honey I Washed the Kids scented, which trust me, I would not have complained about! This might just be me, but my little bear smells like Christmas cake.. I know this massage bar has the exact same ingredients as Sea Salted Caramel soap, but I smell a very rich raisin and brandy scent, which I am also not complaining about! I really like the scent of Honey Bear and I know I'm going to love the moisture it will give to my skin.

Pictured - Madame President bath bomb

This is the bath bomb I was most excited to try out! The colours, vibrant pink and neon blue look so stunning together! One thing I am not sure about with this product is the scent. To me, this bath bomb smells a lot like Lovestruck from last year, and I have never despised a LUSH scent as much as I did that one! Although I do think Madame President smells similar, it is a lot more light, meaning that when used with a strong scented bubble bar, you can't smell this product, (phew!) The colours are stunning in the water and you can get some really pretty bath art shots of this one! I may have to buy a couple more before they're gone!

Pictured - Mother of Pearl bubbleroon

This is what I have been looking forward to for a long ass time. I love the Sakura scent family! Rub Rub Rub is my go to body scrub, it smells amazing and leaves you feel so fresh and clean. There really aren't a lot of products in this scent, so a bubble bar is a perfect addition! I cannot even explain how vibrant your bath water will be after using this little gem. My water felt so silky soft and the whole room filled with that gorgeous scent! This is so far, my most favourite product that LUSH have released in a collection for a while and I need to buy them all!

Pictured - Mum, Look What I Made For You bath bomb

I am so not sold on the scent of this bath bomb at all.. From the ingredients list you would expect this bath bomb to smell like a chocolate heaven with a nutty element thanks to the coconut and almond oils. Absolutely not! This actually smells like a bag of dried dog food. It's horrific! This will definitely not be one I will be stocking up on at all.

Pictured - Purple Drain bubbleroon

I wasn't planning on picking up a Purple Drain at all, but when I was in store, they were demoing it in the large jugs and one of the managers had me sniff the jug. It smelt so good in the water! Now I have it home and I can smell it without the influence of all the other products surrounding me, I made a good choice. Purple Drain smells to me how I wish Ladybird had smelt. Purple Drain is very heavy on the mint and light on the floral scent, which is what I thought Ladybird was going to be. I really like this bubble bar, the fresh mint scent is stunning and the floral element is barely there at all. I may have to pick up another one or two of these as they will be perfect come the summer months.

Pictured - Raspberry Milkshake soap

As I have mentioned many times before, I very rarely get excited about soap. However, when I read the ingredients list of this bar and heard reviews telling me how good it was, I needed a bar. As you can see from the photos, it's already been in the bath with me! I really enjoy this soap, the scent is what it says on the tin! A very sweet raspberry scent with a creamy tone due to the almond milk. I love this soap and I need every product possible in this scent family please! I love how beautiful the soap is also, the added touch of seeds on the top and the splatter of baby pink in the centre!

I do plan on picking up a few more pieces from the Mothers Day collection nearer the end of the month and I will for certain be grabbing a gift set, so keep an eye out on my Instagram account for photos of those!

Overall, I think both of these collections have been better than I initially thought they would be. There are a few products that I have been a little disappointed by, but also products that have really surprised me. I would definitely suggest a wander to your local store to have at least a sniff of all the products, just don't blame me if you end up leaving with a bag full!

You can find the Valentines Day products here and the Mothers Day products here.

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**Disclaimer: All views, opinions and photos are my own.**

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♥ LUSH Mothers Day 2018 - Preview!

I always forget how quick new seasonal products are released at LUSH after Christmas! I forgot that the Valentines Day release was due and the Mothers Day products were completely off my radar! Mothers Day here in the UK isn't until the 11th of March, but in Norway, they are celebrating their mothers on the 11th of February, so they get a first peek at the products for this range. Usually, Mothers Day products or Easter products are released around about my birthday, (10th of March) but I imagine that these products will make their way to UK stores and website pretty soon as Mothers Day is quite early this year. Of course, as this information has been pulled from the Norwegian website, when the products are released in other countries there may be a slight difference in names as Google Translate is not the best! I also can't estimate how much the products will cost as in some countries their pricing is a lot more expensive than the UK.

Time to get on to the products!

Okay, so this bath bomb looks amazing! It's reminding me a lot of Shoot for the Stars with the small white stars in the top half of the bomb! I don't think this is like SFTS in the essence that it will contain bath melts, but I may be incorrect! The main scent ingredients in Madame President is grapefruit oil and petitgrain oil, so I can imagine that this bath bomb is going to be a citrus explosion, and I'm excited for it! I think the colours are going to look stunning together in the water and with a scent description like this one, I can imagine it will pair with a lot of products really nicely. I am super excited to get my hands on this bath bomb, I have a feeling it will fill the void I have from missing Frozen a little too much.

This bath bomb reminds me a lot of the Oops a Daisy bath bomb from last year, it's as if they have used the same mould! What is not the same, is the scent. Where Oops a Daisy was a very floral and fresh scent, Mum Look What I Have Made for You is definitely not that! With ingredients such as coconut milk powder, cocoa absolute, almond oil and chocolate extract, this bath bomb is going to smell nothing like you would imagine by looking at it. I can see this bath bomb having a little Snowcake essence but packed with a lot of chocolate, making the scent rich and creamy. I really hope LUSH have worked on this bath bomb following the feedback from Oops a Daisy last year. Due to the shape of Oops a Daisy and possibly some of the ingredients, the bomb was very dusty! Bombs that had been freshly bought from the shop looked like you'd hoarded them for a few months and this was a bit off putting for a lot of people. However, Mum Look What I Have Made for You is a totally different bath bomb so I shall not judge based on a previous bad experience! I'm excited to sniff this one and see if it lives up to my expectations.

I am really liking this new format of bubbleroons that LUSH are releasing with this range, although I do think they look a lot more edible now than ever! I am super happy that LUSH have made a red bubbleroon, as I think red is a colour that they lack in a lot and it's nice to have some colour variation for my bath art. I think the name speaks for itself with the scent, Citrus Are Doing it For Themselves. Packed with plenty of citrus oils, including lemon, grapefruit and lime, imagining the scent of this bubbleroon is making my mouth water. I can also imagine that a few people are going to be annoyed at this product because, 'it's another citrus product,' but don't worry, Citrus Are Doing it For Themselves!

Now isn't this little bubbleroon just stunning! I love the marble effect top coat that Mother of Pearl has been given, which is clearly a nod to the name sake of this product. Blue baths are also one of my favourite to take, so a new blue bubbleroon is perfect. The ingredients in Mother of Pearl are what I would have expected, jasmine, mimosa and orange flower, so a pretty subtle floral and fresh scent. The combination of these floral elements is making me think that Mother of Pearl may carry the Sakura scent, so if you're a fan of the bath bomb or the body scrub Rub Rub Rub, I think you may like this one! I am super excited to give this one a sniff and I already know I'll be buying a tonne!

Honestly, when I saw the name of this bubbleroon, I couldn't help but giggle a little! Purple Drain is quite obviously a play on words for the much loved Prince song, Purple Rain. LUSH must really adore Prince, as this is the third product that LUSH have released where the name sake could be tracked back to the musical legend. I have a feeling this is going to be one of them products with a strange scent that everybody falls in love with! The ingredients are murumuru butter, clove bud oil, black pepper oil and peppermint oil. I feel like this scent is going to be quite heavy, but the peppermint will freshen it and give it a little something different, much like LUSH did with Ladybird. I also adore the top coat on Purple Drain and purple is my favourite colour (fun fact!) so I'll definitely be picking one of these up.

Oh. My. God. How bloody cute is this little guy! This literally looks like a child's birthday cake, and it's making me want to sink my teeth in and bite a chunk! I am so excited for a new massage bar after the disappointment of Melt My Heart from the Valentines Day range being Jungle scented! This one, I know I will love! Packed with Shea butter, almond oil, clove leaf oil, Tonka absolute, vanilla absolute and honey, with a couple of things missing, this product has almost exactly the same scent ingredients as Sea Salted Caramel soap, which was a total hit with me! I can imagine Honey Bear pairing so nicely with anything from the Honey I Washed the Kids scent family, and I'm quite excited to use this after a good scrub with Scrubee!

I mentioned Raspberry Milkshake specifically on my Instagram story because as soon as I saw the word 'raspberry,' my mind immediately floated towards Mumkin. Mumkin is a Kitchen bubble bar that is probably one of the most requested products for LUSH to make. I have never had the pleasure of owning a Mumkin, but I did purchase three Kisskins, when they came out as an exclusive in the Kitchen last year, so I know what the scent is like. This soap boasts ingredients like coconut oil, raspberry juice, vanilla absolute, lemon oil and davana oil. After having a look at the actual ingredients, I don't think it will be Mumkin scented at all, as the only ingredient they share is lemon oil. However, I do think that Raspberry Milkshake will be what people like myself, purchased Mumkin or Kisskin and expected to get. I'm really quite excited to try this soap and if it smells like I think it will, I may have to do my first DIY shower gel.

I am not a big fan of soap, I never have been. I've said many times that I have a drawer full of the stuff but I never ever reach for any of it. However, these soaps are so stunning to look at, how can I not be tempted! I love the shape of them, they remind me of church windows with stained glass effect, apart from the imagery on these is 3D. Lemon Zest is the one I am gravitating to the most out of the four iron soaps being released, purely because the ingredients, lemon oil, lemon peel, rose wood oil and lemon myrtle oil sound like a complete lemon overload! Lemon has to be one of my favourite citrus scents and I may be swayed to even use this soap if it smells that good. It's giving me Elsie the Giraffe kind of vibes with the layered lemon scent and if so, I will love it!

I had a feeling that Google Translate had failed me on this translation as I had never heard of 'loosestrife' before and the word itself does sound quite Norwegian, but I was wrong! The definition of loosestrife is 'any of a number of tall plants which bear upright spikes of flowers and grow by water and in wet ground.' When you look at the product itself, you can see loosestrife actually on the product which also gives you a hint to the scent of this soap. Purple Loosestrife is very heavy on floral, with rose, hibiscus and lavender syrup, violet leaf and rose absolute and cananga oil, this is going to be one floral overload! For that reason alone, I don't think I'm going to like this product, I am not a fan of heavy floral scents and with rose and violet being pretty high up in the ingredients list, I can already see my scrunching my nose up at this soap.

I think most people's mind will have jumped to Grass when they saw this soap, just like I did, however Chamomile Lawn being Grass scented is a straight no once you look at the ingredients list. The first ingredient is German chamomile infusion so the name will definitely suit the scent, but this soap also boats lavender oil and absolute and neroli oil. The scent ingredients literally mirror the scent ingredients of the Golden Slumbers bath bomb. LUSH seem to be going in on the lavender scented products since the whole Sleepy hype. I'm quite glad I have become a fan of lavender in certain formats and I think this may be one I would enjoy.

The name of this soap is unusual, as you would expect Rosebud to be packed with all things rose, but it's not. Yes, there is tuberose absolute and rose water, but the neroli oil and orange flower absolute are above those in the ingredients list, meaning that there is more of those ingredients in the product than the rose scented ones. This excites me! I am so done with rose after the Valentines Day launch and the majority of products being heavy on the rose and them super sizing one of my most hated bath bombs ever, I'm ready to be done with rose and say goodbye for now! Although I don't think the vision of this soap is as pretty as the others, I do think that this soap is going to have a good scent and scent beats attractiveness always!

As you can see, this isn't your usual LUSH release that everybody is used to. There are absolutely no returning products, every single product is brand new. I have been told that there are more products to come, so don't worry about not seeing your favourite from last year on this list as I have heard there will be at least five more products being released in at least the UK.

I also feel like the feel of the products is also very different than what we are used to, the iron soaps state on their pages that 'This soap is part of a new four-leaf flower collection with 3D design, and these soaps look as good as they feel. They are designed to stand upright on the top, making it easy to grab it, and with a perfume that stays long on the skin they are a pleasure to use from the very first moment.' It would appear that LUSH are swaying away from their 'handmade cosmetics' and are going more technical, which to me, takes a bit of the uniqueness away from LUSH. LUSH is known for their 'fresh handmade cosmetics,' and if you take away the handmade, something that they pride themselves on so strongly, how long will it be until they take away the fresh part too?

Overall, there are a few products that I would like to try and as usual, some that I will steer clear of. I would love to see Mother Earth and Your Mother Should Know come back this year, but I have a feeling I'm going to be disappointed with those two.

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You can find the LUSH Mothers Day products on the LUSH Norge site here.

Release dates for the rest of the world are unknown as of yet, but keep checking the @lushkitchen Instagram as I am sure they will be the account to let us know!

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